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Another compilation from WWE that seems to follow the current trend of “themed” sets. There certainly isn’t any lack of matches that feature a finisher or two, yet we get an other seemingly random set of matches, that would feel right at home on a fan made tape. Having said that, aside from a completely useless countdown feature – well, except that the top 50 finishers chosen is pretty decent and the placements are mostly good – the set is a lot of fun & though it doesn’t offer a lot of great matches, it does offer a lot of rare ones, which attracted the attention of the collector in me. Overall if you can forgive the fact the countdown is essentially worthless & the seemingly random layout & lack of classic matches, this set is certainly a easy watch. 6.5/10 (7/10 w/o Countdown)

Well I bought this today and I got got for three reasons, always a fan of the Jackknife Powerbomb, Sweet Chin Music, and Rock Bottom, plus I always liked the FU the rightful name of the Attitude Adjustment. I wish the matches was a little better but oh well, I thought I could wait for nWo and Attitude Era but those are the next two WWE DVD’s I will get.

I was wondering the same thing. On the silver vision site it says the extra finisher content is a DVD exclusive.. But who knows. I always buy Blu rays, but I actually got the DVD this time, especially since the extra Blu ray content is mainly tv matches that didn’t seem to intriguing.

Thanks for the info. Looks like i’ll pick up the Best Buy Exclusive Dvd (like i did the Clash of Champions Dvd) and wait for the Blu-Ray edition to drop to a ridiculous cheap price during one of those few wrestling dvd/blu-ray sales during the year. I usually buy strictly Blu-ray but i just cant take a chance and skip an exclusive and live to regret it.

I would be very disappointed and outright offended if they took such a narrow view so as only to include WWF/WWE history. They have every wrestler of merit within their video catalog, as well as the finest moments in history, so they should use them. This isn’t 1994 anymore when the then WWF wasn’t recognizing other promotions. We’re in 2012 and frankly, the best part of any WWE release almost always comes from a territory previously considered outside of the McMahon empire. But, they’ve got it all now, so they should take advantage of it.

If someone started watching in 2001 they would have missed all the best stuff in my opinion. That’s at least 11 years of my favourite telly right there. Of course there are dvds, but its not the same as growing up with it. I’m not sure about Bert Max or whatever his name was though. He seemed quite obsessive, rather than hitting you with the facts you needed for a purchase. Some of the time I agreed with him and sometimes disagreed, but I think he was really nuts. Crazed fan type stuff. This website is a lot of fun but Bert was a bit creepy with it, so big thumbs up for Joe. Keep it up buddy!

A comment on of Joe’s last reviews reads “Ross: I actually prefer these reviews to the ones Brett Mix wrote. I would love to see much more of them in the future and maybe even write some for older releases.”

Each to their own.

Anyway, it’s not like this site decided to get rid of Brett and his reviews. I think you know by now he took that upon himself. But he did recently ask (putting it lightly) for his spot back, which was denied. These reviews are much more suited to the DVD topic and Joe’s doing a great job.

I can agree with the 2001 comment in some respects. Obviously if you began watching in 2001 you completely missed Hogan/Warrior, Hart’s wrestling prime, WCW and Flair, managers, segments like heartbreak hotel, the funeral parlor, the barber shop and commentators like monsoon, lord alfred hayes and sean mooney and classic tag teams like the mega powers, demolition, the rogeaus, the brainbusters and the hart foundation. I cant take anything away from people who I can obviously tell have just started watching because I guess better late than never, but there’s more wrestlers out there than Cena and Daniel Bryan. I’m glad WWE gets new fans all the time, but let’s remember if it wasnt for WWF there wouldnt be WWE

It doesn’t matter and its not an attempt to be competitive, but the first wrestling I ever saw was the 1990 Royal Rumble. It was just a few days after my 6th birthday and it totally blew my mind. Pretty soon I was collecting toys of all those geezers. Very happy youngster right there.

“It appears as if that youngster right there will be today’s recepient of the Hitman shades” -Monsoon. And for my favorite JR quote from Warrior’s DVD “Little boy comes along, dad gonna buy him a ticket to take him to see the Ultimate Warrior. Then the Ultimate Warrior doesn’t show.”

Fantastic review and thank you for it. I personally cannot wait for this release. I’m really not into the lottery ball affect or the fact that Brodus Clay is on the DVD at all, but after seeing the content listing I have been very impressed with the matches and the countdown. Nice review.

I don’t think Vince owns USWA because I think Jerry Jarrett owns it. He is the father of current TNA star Jeff Jarrett ( I think he’s current, I don’t watch TNA). I don’t think Vince is going to acquire USWA anytime soon.

Maybe the lottery ball graphics are an admission by WWE that these kind of lists are very arbitrary. Like it says in the review, no one will agree with the entire list.

Fans may be able to think their top 5 moves, maybe top 10, but 50? Was JBL’s clothesline the 45th best move or the 46th? Is there really a way to rate that? I could see WWE coming up with a top 10 list and throwing 40 other names into one of those lotto machines like in the graphic and going with what came out.

Or better yet they put all the names in plastic balls, spun them around, and picked them out one by one Royal Rumble style.

A great review! The best thing about it is that this review is that I will now not have to hold my breath for the quality of this release (Does not sound as solid as I thought it would be-like the latest Undertaker release). I am a fan, I will make the purchase and thank this reviewer for a job well done.